I'm sorry that Elizabeth Dickinson is leaving Foreign Policy, where she has spent three years as an editor, writer, and overall force for smart, interesting journalism from around the world. I am, though, enthused about the reporting she will do when she takes her talents to the Middle East. In the meantime, Dickinson offers us an accounting of what she's learned at the magazine, telling stories of the world from behind the curtain, rather than than on the ground. Her takeaways come down to gratitude, questioning what matters, attentiveness to "weak signals," and affirming that "the world is not a boring place."
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